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>> yes, because rhode island's economy is lagging. unemployment is unacceptably high. one of the highest in the country. so we have to make that up. especially since our neighboring state, connecticut, mass marks new hampshire, vermont, maine, new york all have marriage equality. if we're going to be competitive, we've got to get this passed. we've got it through the house. now we want to get it through the senate. as su sfwl e says well, need to work on the federal level on doma, defense of marriage act. fix that mistake. these are all good ways to fix or economy. we have the talent. we have the technology. now we have to have the tolerance. >> the supreme court takes it up coming up next month. i want to thank both of you. great to have both of you on. cnbc's suze orman, governor chafy. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. joining us then los angeles mayor anthonio villaragossa david nakamura, ari mellbe and susan. don't go anywhere. "now with alex wagner" comes your way next. so this is a big, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on
>> yes, because rhode island's economy is lagging. unemployment is unacceptably high. one of the highest in the country. so we have to make that up. especially since our neighboring state, connecticut, mass marks new hampshire, vermont, maine, new york all have marriage equality. if we're going to be competitive, we've got to get this passed. we've got it through the house. now we want to get it through the senate. as su sfwl e says well, need to work on the federal level on doma, defense...
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you could that trickle down to the economy? >> when you talk about small businesses and how they'll be impacted by the sequester cuts you have to kind of take into consideration that there are 20 to 30 million small businesses. so people that are doing work in certain areas, certain regions or certain industries that might be affected by a government cutback, those people will be affected, but if you're a small business owner and the accountant and the lawyer, even, a lot of them aren't going to be seeing a whole lot of effect of any cuts coming out. >> let's take a look at what the white house had to say about that. they say, quote, the automatic cuts triggered by a sequester would reduce loan guarantees to small businesses by up to $102 million. what do you have to say about that effect? >> it could reduce loan guarantees and that's exactly right expect and that depends on small businesses looking for loans. we're still in a credit crunch right now. a lot of the businesses that i know and i write about that a lot of my client
you could that trickle down to the economy? >> when you talk about small businesses and how they'll be impacted by the sequester cuts you have to kind of take into consideration that there are 20 to 30 million small businesses. so people that are doing work in certain areas, certain regions or certain industries that might be affected by a government cutback, those people will be affected, but if you're a small business owner and the accountant and the lawyer, even, a lot of them aren't...
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it will be horrible for the economy. it will impact a lot of people. just outside my district but certainly affecting my district is fort knox, 5,000 civilian employees of the u.s. army. there will be substantial furloughs and possibly layoffs there if the sequester were in effect for any length of time. so we've got a few days to act. i think we could actually come up with something that just delays the sequester until march 27th. then we would have four weeks in session. we'll all be back for four consecutive weeks to figure out how to fund the government for the rest of the year. because it's -- none of it's going to make any difference after march 27th because the government runs out of money then. >> all right. so you're saying push it off just a little bit further after you get back into a legislative session but as we look at what john boehner has responded by putting out a couple tweets this morning roughly right before we went on the air, talking about where the president has been saying president obama is virtually absent from legislative pro
it will be horrible for the economy. it will impact a lot of people. just outside my district but certainly affecting my district is fort knox, 5,000 civilian employees of the u.s. army. there will be substantial furloughs and possibly layoffs there if the sequester were in effect for any length of time. so we've got a few days to act. i think we could actually come up with something that just delays the sequester until march 27th. then we would have four weeks in session. we'll all be back for...
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one last point, thomas, i think our economy is poised to finally take off if the government would just get out of the way and stop manufacturing these crises every month or three months or six months. and it isn't rocket science and something that has to be done. i hope the president going over the heads of congress and appealing to the american people will put the pressure on the gop to come to the table and gri gr reasonable compromise. >> we want to bring in our power panel. political editor for the grio and republican strategist alice stewart. great to have you all here. i want to start off with what we know about the president reaching across the aisle, not so much about the sequester but immigration. we watched during that sequester remark statement by the president where he said his door is always open. and then made phone calls in the afternoon to part of the immigration eight, three of the republicans on that panel, we've got mccain, rubio and lindsay graham. it's interesting because marco rubio is overseas in the middle east. ali alice, marco rubio has said he feels good abou
one last point, thomas, i think our economy is poised to finally take off if the government would just get out of the way and stop manufacturing these crises every month or three months or six months. and it isn't rocket science and something that has to be done. i hope the president going over the heads of congress and appealing to the american people will put the pressure on the gop to come to the table and gri gr reasonable compromise. >> we want to bring in our power panel. political...
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the jobs that depend on it, or would they rather put hundreds and thousands of jobs and our entire economy at risk just to protect a few special interest tax loopholes that benefit only the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations? that's the choice. >> the other side of the political game of chicken, house speaker john boehner in an op-ed calling the sequester a product of the president's own failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick their necks outs, they want to feel they have a partner with the white house. >> joining me right now is democratic congressman eric shifz zer. let's dive in to bring everybody up to speed on where we stand with ni
the jobs that depend on it, or would they rather put hundreds and thousands of jobs and our entire economy at risk just to protect a few special interest tax loopholes that benefit only the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations? that's the choice. >> the other side of the political game of chicken, house speaker john boehner in an op-ed calling the sequester a product of the president's own failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta...